Alan Cotton - North Cornwall, Ebb Tide at Yoel Mouth

Alan Cotton - North Cornwall, Ebb Tide at Yoel Mouth, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Born in Redditch, Worcestershire in 1936, Alan Cotton began painting as a small child with brushes made from his mother’s hair. After attending the local Grammar School he went on to Redditch and Bournville Schools of Art. He then joined the Painting School of Birmingham College of Art and then on to the University of Birmingham. In the late sixties he moved to Devon and there began a series of large paintings of the Hartland Coastline in North Devon many of which have found their way into public collections.

[Oil on canvas, 71 x 91 cm]